ENGLISH ROOT WORD: girl "girl." from Old English gyrele, gyrle

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【girl】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Old English word(s) "gyrele," and "gyrle." It carries the basic meaning of "girl."

[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "girl"]

girl ****[321] A girl is a female child.
girlfriend ***[2551] a woman that someone is having a romantic or sexual relationship with compare BOYFRIEND

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[WORD ROOT]root girl
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] girl
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Old English) gyrele, gyrle
[MEANING]root girl

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】

• 【Old English】 gyrele [=gyrle]
• 【Old English】 gyrle child, young person

Please see the Word information in detail as follows;

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girl ★★★★[321] noun from girl
【DEFINITION】 A girl is a female child.
【pl.】 girls 복수소유격; girls'
【ROOTs】 girl; girl
【Etymology】 《Old English gyrle》 child, young person
【First Known Meaning】 young person of any gender
【DERIVATIVEs】 girlish, girly, girl

girlfriend ★★★[2551] noun from girlfriend 〈 friend
【DEFINITION】 ① a woman that someone is having a romantic or sexual relationship with compare BOYFRIEND
② a female friend
③ Someone's girlfriend is a girl or woman with whom they are having a romantic or sexual relationship.
【pl.】 girlfriends
【COMPOSITION】 girl + friend
【ROOTs】 ⑴ girl; girl ⑵ friend; friend, lover
【Etymology】 《Old English wunderfoll》

Other words containing "girl"; girlhood, girlie, girlish, girly, schoolgirl, schoolgirlish

(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

get
gest
gener-, genit-, gent-
gen-, gene-
gather
gard
game
gain
fus-, fund-
furn

 

 

 

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